The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with facilities located in Manhattan

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, New York City

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 – at 120 Madison Avenue

Madison Avenue (Manhattan)

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, in a landmark building designed by noted architect Stanford White

Stanford White

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 as the original Colony Club

Colony Club

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 – and in Hollywood, California – at 1336 North La Brea Avenue, in a new building on the site of the former studios of Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

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.

The oldest acting school in the English speaking world, the Academy in New York was founded in 1884 to train actor

Actor

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s for the stage. In 1974, the Academy opened another campus in Pasadena, California

Pasadena, California

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, which made it the only professional actor training school in both major centers of American theatrical activity. The Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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 campus moved from Pasadena to Hollywood in 2001.

The Academy remains dedicated to training professional actors. It now offers courses in film

Film

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 and television

Television

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, as well, providing a structured, professionally oriented program that stresses self-discovery, self-discipline and individuality. Students who graduate in New York receive an Associate of Occupational Studies degree; students who graduate in Hollywood receive a Certificate of Completion or an Associate of Arts degree in Acting. Students from both New York and Los Angeles can receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from selected universities.

The Academy offers a two year program in which students have to be invited back for the second year. Auditions are held at the end of the second year for the third year company.

Numerous students of the Academy have gone on to distinguished careers throughout the entertainment industry, receiving nominations for Tony

Tony Award

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s, Oscar

Academy Awards

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s and Emmys.

Notable alumni

• Walter Abel
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• Armand Assante
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• Hank Azaria
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• Lauren Bacall
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• Jim Backus
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• Eion Bailey
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• Brenda Bakke
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• Anne Bancroft
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• Diana Barrymore
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• Gil Bellows
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• Robby Benson
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• Samuel Bernstein
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• Laura Branigan
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• Adrien Brody
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• Michael J. Burg
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• John Cassavetes
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• Kim Cattrall
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• Enrico Colantoni
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• Jennifer Coolidge
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• Amanda Crew
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• Hume Cronyn
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• Max Crumm
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• Bob Cummings
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• Marc Daniels
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• Martin Davidson
  Martin Davidson
  Martin Davidson is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he spent five years as an actor in Off Broadway shows and regional theater. His directorial debut was The Lords of Flatbush starring Sylvester Stallone and Henry...
  
  
• Brad Davis
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• Jeremy Davies
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• Cecil B. DeMille
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• William Devane
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• Danny DeVito
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• Kirk Douglas
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• Cara Duff-MacCormick
  Cara Duff-MacCormick
  Cara Duff-MacCormick is a Canadian actress best known for her work within the American theatre.-Career:Born in Woodstock, Ontario, Duff-MacCormick studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City before making her professional debut Off-Broadway in December 1969 at the...
  
   
• Julia Duffy
  Julia Duffy
  Julia Duffy is an American actress from Minneapolis, Minnesota, specializing in character roles, best known as the spoiled rich girl and Dick Loudon's inn maid, Stephanie Vanderkellen, on the 1980s sitcom, Newhart.-Career:Duffy's early caeer included parts in soap operas such as One Life to Live,...
  
  
• Christine Ebersole
  Christine Ebersole
  Christine Ebersole is an American actress and singer.-Early life:Ebersole was born in Winnetka, Illinois, where she attended New Trier High School...
  
  
• Vince Edwards
  Vince Edwards
  Vince Edwards was an American actor, director, and singer, best known for the roles of TV doctor "Ben Casey", and Maj. Cliff Bricker in the 1968 war film The Devil's Brigade.-Early life:...
  
  
• Ethyl Eichelberger
  Ethyl Eichelberger
  Ethyl Eichelberger was an American drag performer, playwright, and actor. He became an influential figure in experimental theater and writing, and performed nearly forty plays...
  
  
• Cristina Fontanelli
  Cristina Fontanelli
  Cristina Fontanelli is an American actress and opera singer who has performed in Tokyo, Paris, Milan, Cairo, Dubai, Hong Kong, Istanbul and Uganda.-Early life:...
  
  
• Nina Foch
  Nina Foch
  Nina Foch was a Dutch-born American actress and leading lady in many 1940s and 1950s films.- Personal life :...
  
  
• Deborra-Lee Furness
  Deborra-Lee Furness
  -Biography:Furness attended Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne where she graduated in 1973. She subsequently graduated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York in 1981....
  
  
• Sally Gifford
  Sally Gifford
  Sally Gifford is best known as one of the hosts of CBC Television's national children's show, The-X, which was shown across Canada.She attended the famous American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City after graduating with an honours B.A. in Theatre and Sociology from Queen’s University...
  
  
• Ruth Gordon
  Ruth Gordon
  Ruth Gordon Jones , better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her film roles such as Minnie Castevet, Rosemary's overly solicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby, as the eccentric Maude in Harold and Maude and as the mother of Orville Boggs in the...
  
  
• Bruce Greenwood
  Bruce Greenwood
  Bruce Greenwood is a Canadian actor and musician. He is generally known for his roles as U.S. presidents in Thirteen Days and National Treasure: Book of Secrets and for his role as Captain Christopher Pike in the 2009 Star Trek film...
  
  
• Leisha Hailey
  Leisha Hailey
  Leisha Hailey is an American actress and musician most widely known for playing Alice Pieszecki in the Showtime Networks production The L Word...
  
  
• John Harding
  John Harding
  John Harding may refer to:*John Harding *J. Eugene Harding , U.S. Representative from Ohio*John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton , British General of World War II and Colonial Governor of Cyprus...
  
  
• David Hartman
  David Hartman (TV personality)
  David Downs Hartman is an American journalist and media host who began his media career as an actor. He currently anchors and hosts documentary programs on cable TV's History and on PBS. Hartman is best known as the first host of ABC's Good Morning America, from 1975 to 1987. As an actor, he...
  
  
• Anne Hathaway
  Anne Hathaway (actress)
  Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress. After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real. She played Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries...
  
  
• Dennis Haysbert
  Dennis Haysbert
  Dennis Dexter Haysbert is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, President David Palmer on the American television series 24, and Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the drama series The Unit, as well as his work...
  
  
• Florence Henderson
  Florence Henderson
  Florence Agnes Henderson is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role of Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974...
  
  
• Judd Hirsch
  Judd Hirsch
  Judd Hirsch is an American actor most known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi, John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John, and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Sterling Holloway
  Sterling Holloway
  Sterling Price Holloway, Jr. was an American character actor who appeared in 150 films and television programs. He was also a voice actor for The Walt Disney Company...
  
  
• Lela Ivey
  Lela Ivey
  Lela Ivey is an American actress of film and television.Ivey is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts . For 25 years she made her living as an actress working in television, film and theatre while living in New York City and Los Angeles...
  
  
• Kate Jackson
  Kate Jackson
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• Jennifer Jones
• Florence Kahn
  Florence Kahn (actress)
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• Grace Kelly
  Grace Kelly
  Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress who, in April 1956, married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, to become Princess consort of Monaco, styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, and commonly referred to as Princess Grace.After embarking on an acting career in 1950, at the age of...
  
  
• Johnny Knoxville
  Johnny Knoxville
  Philip John Clapp , better known by his stage name Johnny Knoxville, is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, stunt performer, best known for being the co-creator and principal star of the MTV reality series Jackass, with the catchphrase "I'm Johnny Knoxville, and welcome to Jackass."-Early...
  
  
• Elias Koteas
  Elias Koteas
  Elias Koteas is a Canadian actor of film and television, best known for his roles in The Prophecy, Fallen and the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.-Early life:...
  
  
• Cleavon Little
  Cleavon Little
  Cleavon Jake Little was an American film and theatre actor.Little was widely known for his lead role as Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles. He also was the irreverent Dr...
  
  
• John Lone
  John Lone
  John "Johnny" Lone is a Hong Kong born American actor of Chinese and English descent. Lone has played roles as diverse as a caveman in Iceman , the last Emperor of China in The Last Emperor , and an apparently female opera performer in M. Butterfly .-Personal life:Lone was born as Ng Kwok-leung...
  
  
• Harriet E. MacGibbon 
• Rosie Malek-Yonan
  Rosie Malek-Yonan
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• Randolph Mantooth
  Randolph Mantooth
  Randolph Donald Mantooth is an American character actor of stage, film and television. Mantooth is best known for his work in the 1970s medical drama, Emergency!, as Johnny Gage, a Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedic...
  
  
• Marie-Noelle Marquis
  Marie-Noelle Marquis
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• Katherine Moennig
  Katherine Moennig
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• Michael Mosley
  Michael Mosley
  Michael Mosley is an American television and film actor, best known for playing Drew in the revamped version and final season of the American medical comedy Scrubs.-Early life:...
  
  
• Mary Nash
  Mary Nash
  -Early life:Nash was born on August 15, 1884 in Troy, New York, to parents Philip Nash, who worked for B. F. Keith Vaudeville Circuit, and Ellen Frances MacNamara. She was educated at the Convent of St. Anne in Montreal and trained for acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts...
  
  
• Elizabeth Montgomery
  Elizabeth Montgomery
  Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery was an American film and television actress whose career spanned five decades. She is perhaps best remembered for her roles as Samantha Stephens in Bewitched, as Ellen Harrod in A Case of Rape and as Lizzie Borden in The Legend of Lizzie Borden.-Early life:Born in Los...
  
  
• Agnes Moorehead
  Agnes Moorehead
  Agnes Robertson Moorehead was an American actress. Although she began with the Mercury Theatre, appeared in more than seventy films beginning with Citizen Kane and on dozens of television shows during a career that spanned more than thirty years, Moorehead is most widely known to modern audiences...
  
  
• Carrie-Anne Moss
  Carrie-Anne Moss
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• Pat O'Brien
  Pat O'Brien (actor)
  Pat O’Brien was an American film actor with more than one hundred screen credits.-Early life:O’Brien was born William Joseph Patrick O’Brien to an Irish-American Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served as an altar boy at Gesu Church while growing up near 13th and Clybourn streets...
  
  
• Jim O'Rear
  Jim O'Rear
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• Timothy Omundson
  Timothy Omundson
  Timothy Michael Omundson is an American actor perhaps most notable for his supporting roles as Sean Potter on the CBS television series Judging Amy, Eli on the syndicated series Xena: Warrior Princess, and as Carlton Lassiter in the hit USA Network series Psych...
  
  
• Glenn Ordway
  Glenn Ordway
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• Catherine Dale Owen
  Catherine Dale Owen
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• Jimmy Pardo
  Jimmy Pardo
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• Billy Pollina
  Billy Pollina
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• Tom Poston
  Tom Poston
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• William Powell
  William Powell
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• Robert Redford
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• Don Rickles
  Don Rickles
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• Thelma Ritter
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• Jason Robards
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• Eric Roberts
  Eric Roberts
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• Edward G. Robinson
  Edward G. Robinson
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• Gena Rowlands
  Gena Rowlands
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• Paul Rudd
  Paul Rudd
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• Rosalind Russell
  Rosalind Russell
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• Gary Sandy
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• Adam Scott
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• Kim Shaw
  Kim Shaw
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• Brooke Smith
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• Jaclyn Smith
  Jaclyn Smith
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• French Stewart
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• Kevin Sussman
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• Loretta Swit
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• Eric Szmanda
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• Gene Tierney
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• Spencer Tracy
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• Robert Walker
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• Peter Weller
  Peter Weller
  Peter Frederick Weller is an American film and stage actor, director and lecturer.He is best known for his roles as the title character in the first two RoboCop films and Buckaroo Banzai in the cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension...
  
  
• Shannon Whirry
  Shannon Whirry
  Shannon Whirry is an American actress who was raised in Green Lake, Wisconsin.-Career:Shannon Whirry trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in the 1980s, appearing onstage in Butterflies Are Free and Mrs Warren's Profession. However, she began to work primarily in erotic B movies in...
  
  
• Warren William
  Warren William
  Warren William was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, popular during the early 1930s, who was later nicknamed the "king of Pre-Code". He was born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota to parents Freeman E. and Frances Krech. He had a certain physical resemblance to John Barrymore. He attended the...
  
  

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